- Source: Wenger (surname)
Wenger is a surname of German origin with a European concentration of the name in Switzerland. It was recorded as early as 1728 in America when an Eva Grabiel was married to a Christian Wenger in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Many of its early American bearers were Mennonites. Other - rather seldom - forms of the same name are Wanger and Winger.
Notable people with the surname include:
Albert Wenger, German-American businessman and venture capitalist
Andrew Wenger (born 1990), American soccer player
Antoine Wenger (1919–2009), French priest, Patristics scholar and journalist
Arsène Wenger (born 1949), French professional footballer and manager
Brittany Wenger (born 1994), American winner of the Google Science Fair in 2012
Don S. Wenger (1911–1986), Major General in the United States Air Force
Éric Wenger, computer programmer
Étienne Wenger (born 1952), educational theorist and practitioner from Switzerland
Fridolin Wenger (died 1931, Swiss footballer
J. C. Wenger (John Christian Wenger 1910–1995), American Mennonite theologian and professor
John Wenger (John Weaver Wenger 1778–1851), founder of the Pentecostal Church of the Brethren, popularly known as the Wengerites
John Wenger (missionary) (1811–1880), Swiss missionary and orientalist
John Wenger (artist) (1887–1976), Russian-American artist and scenographist, winner of the Rome Prize
Joseph Wenger (1901–1970), Rear-Admiral of the United States Navy
Joseph Wenger (bishop) (1868–1956), American Old Order Mennonite preacher
Jürg Wenger (born 1969), Swiss skeleton racer who competed from 1991 to 2003
Lauren Wenger (born 1984), American water polo player
Leopold Wenger (1874–1953), Austrian historian
Lisa Wenger (1858–1941), Swiss painter
Livio Wenger (born 1993), Swiss skater
Louis Wenger (1809–1861), Swiss architect and politician
Marion A. (Gus) Wenger (1907–1982), American psychologist
Marta Wenger (born 1953), South African politician
Michael Wenger (born 1947), American Soto Zen priest
Mireille Wenger, South African politician
Nanette Kass Wenger (born 1930), American clinical cardiologist
Noah W. Wenger (born 1934), Pennsylvania State Senator
Peter Wenger (1944–2016), Swiss international footballer
Piers Wenger (born 1972), British television producer
Susanne Wenger, also known as Adunni Olorisha (c. 1915–2015), Austrian artist
Ulrich Wenger (born 1944), Swiss cross-country skier
Walter Wenger, Swiss wrestler
Helen Gibson, born Rose August Wenger (1892–1977), American film actress and first American stuntwoman
See also
Wengert
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